The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-19
IRON, STEEL, GLASS,
CHINA AND or1sEn INDUSTRIES
OF wheeling and the Observation-Disclosures
of Current Interest from Furnase',
shops, mills and Mines-Prosperoua
Condition Of Manufactures,

Inc uutIOOk ia Oil tue NAcolluk Ahlus
factories Ia brighton Just now than usual.
The nail industry is In better condition
than It was a week ago. Some confusion
in prices has been remedied by an sgree-
ment among local manufacturer. Good
progress Is being made in building the two
new potteries, and the Wheeling pottery
Is enjoying splendid trade. The planning
mills arc we'll employed, though approach.
ing tho end Of the busiest season they
ever enjoyed. The Hinge and Tack lac.
tories are running on full time and with
fall forces. Tho p~rospects Of a lockout In
the flint glaus houses has caused a tempo.
rsry boom in their line. Fine cut and
decorated glassware 10 in demand. Large
holiday orders are being received at good
prices.
The manufacture Of steel butt-welded
and lsp.welded tubing ut the new tube
department OF the Riverside Iron Works
Is 0 decided success In every particular.
They arc making all their tubes Of steel
from finch upwards. The amount oil
los5, in the furnaces, by scrap, from cut.
tings, &C., Ia @ great deal leaa than iron.
The steel welds much more readily than
iron, and being homogeneous in Ito atruc.
tuIe will not split or open by being bent,
Hanged or twiated, Gs will occur In 90
treating iron pipe. A piece OF s,eel pipe
9 inches long put under q steam hammer
can be ilattened down cold to q thin ring
without giving way. The pipe can be
bsaten down flat in any direction either
with or across the seam without the slight.
eat flaw or crack. That portion Of the
plant now running will make all eizea o.
pipe from inch to 10 incheo inclusive,
and the mill for larger sizes is under pro.
cess OF construction, on which pipes oiany
dimensions required will DO made. Or.
ders arc coming in Tor steel pipe from all
parts ut the country. Hundreds Of toni
Of steel pipe have been made and sold
without 6 single complaint against 1t
ThiA speaks we'll for @ new enterprise and
q new departure from old established
uEages. i.
IRON AND sTEEI.
The E:ra mill waa of yesterday on &C,
count Of the scarcity Of gas.
The Bellairen ail mill was of yesterday
on account Of & scarcity Of gas.
The pudding department st the Stand
ard mill will be ready to 90 on Monday.
The G. < P. is erecting new ~trestles II
the coke ynrd at tho Bellaire nail works
The Crescent Rhoet iron mill Ia nakins
full time in all departments, the galvsn
izlng department being on double turn.
Henry II. Priest, President CT the juno
ton Iron Company, w6s down yesterday
1.-THE strike thas has been in progress in TIT
plato mill ct this company's works fol
aevern! months is still on, and there is ne
promise CT En- early settlement. Tho stee
plant, however, isin full blast.
The Sharon, Pa, iron works are on il
all departments. Natural gas has not helc
out well, so The most Of the furnaces hsyt
been changed 10 burn coal along with thu
gas. The gas producers are to be built
one for the hoop md ono for the plate
mill, when they will not depend on thu
natural gas go much. The nail factor,
works nights, az there Ia not enough ga
for them in day time. The blsa. furnace
10 making nlnety tons a day Of foundr,
iron, much Of which goes to Pittsburgh.
Il GLAss FACTORIES.
the Union Glass Works, at Martin
Ferry, are to be sold today at public sale
a sheet Of glass 1875 by 1888 inches was re
, Gently made at tho Standard plate clss
, works, Butler, Pa, 70, q window in Pitts
burgh.
!. J. W. Mcdonald, of New Cumberland
will build q new flint factory ct tina
place, and will make tableware ant
} chimneys.
The Brilliant glass worka are erecting
j! new pot arch and mould oven, and th
factory will be ready to begin operation
l about December Is.
A new circular saw has been placed il
the Lszear glssa works and hereafter the,
will manufacture their own boxes 10
packing their ware.
3; Pending the settlement Of the troubl
now existing between the flint glass work
ers and the manufacturers, Presiden
I Smith, Of tho Glass Workers Union, i
making a round OF the factories with
view oil getting the exact amount eacl
: firm loHea by breakage.
The window glass houseg are mostly i,
blast. Out OF e%ighty-two factories in til
! country aeventy-eight are in full bias.
! nine employing about half their capacity
D and but four idle. The window glas!
: trade is improving rapidly. The genera
8 good quality Of the glass made this fire i
fully appreciated. Shipments are no
I large, but more frequent small order
! amount to as much in the long run.
Tho Venture glass works at Wellsbur
. will begin work about the frat OF Decem
Der, under the management OF Nj. Arch,
Dougherty, Of Brilliant. They will run
when in full blast. three tank furnace
r and one tve-pot furnace. Tho manage
0 Gays that he has sufficient applications 10
8 employment to run the factory. Tbs,
: will run principally on punch tumblere
I fruit jars, and a variety OF novelties. Tn,
-FOUR furnaces are supposed to be equal t
two ten-pot furnaces. It will be a uniol
!. factory.
Next Monday, Mr.. Henry Crimble viii
t leave ior Fostoris to take charge of tn
: new glaas works at that place, and q mum
J. Der Of Bellaire workmen will 20 ther
. about the first Of December to take posi-
tons in the works. Mr.. Crimble is
practical glasa man, having been connecteI
with the Belmont glass works of this cit
Q since it's organization, nearly twenty.hv
a years $50. The Fostoria works are TO b
It started under union rules and run b
b union men, and If q lockout Of the glas
t factories bore occurs, SO is indicated in tn
Wheeling INTELLlaEScER OF Wednesda
morning, it will give a big advantage
the Fostoria, Findlsy and other factories
-Bslaire Tribune. :.
MISCELLANEOUS ITRNs.
|. The employee at the franklin cos
q mines, who were out on a strike, did no
receive their advance but went back at tn
old price, 81 so per day.
The key factory at the Bellaire mai
/ works now has an abundant supply q
hoops, but some Of them travelled over
: lsrge portion OF country to get there from
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